meta http-equiv=content-type – document character-encoding declaration

ⓘ meta http-equiv=content-type – document character-encoding declaration # T

A meta element with a http-equiv attribute whose value is "content-type" and which has an accompanying content attribute and value represents a character encoding declaration.

Permitted contents #

empty (void element)

Permitted attributes #

global attributes & http-equiv="content-type"★ & content★

ⓘ global attributes

Any attributes permitted globally.

ⓘ http-equiv = "content-type" #

Indicates that the meta element is in the encoding declaration state and represents a character encoding declaration.

ⓘ content = meta-charset string #

A specially formatted string providing a character encoding name.

The following parts, in exactly the following order:

The literal string "text/html;".
Optionally, one or more space characters.
The literal string "charset=".
One of the following:
- For documents in the HTML syntax: A character encoding name.
- For documents in the XML syntax: Any case-insensitive match for the string "UTF-8".

Tag omission #

The meta element is a void element. A meta element must have a start tag but must not have an end tag.

Permitted parent elements #

any element that can contain metadata elements

Details #

A meta element with a http-equiv attribute whose value is "content-type" and which has an accompanying content attribute and value is said to be in the encoding declaration state.

DOM interface #

interface HTMLMetaElement : HTMLElement {
           attribute DOMString name;
           attribute DOMString httpEquiv;
           attribute DOMString content;
};

HTML: The Markup Language (an HTML language reference)